I was walking in
the early evening when Tash
ran up with a stick,
Nik
I sit on the steps
looking over the back yard.
Dad has been gone for
Tara
The pups get into
it sometimes when Mother’s out.
I get between them.
Kismet
Kismet had red hair
like your hair and, like you, he
liked to stretch awake
Confession
Roy Herndon Smith
We rescued five pups
from a cardboard box lying
in a field beside
a two-lane black-top.
Productivity
Productivity,
signifying nothing,
struts and frets away
February 22, 2018
This muted morning,
a car backs up the hill in
the downhill lane while
